History suggests they’re Republicans.

Interesting to see if its Interop 2024 score will change.

So, Bali then. Then you’d know this one - maybe you’re a stupid influencer, and if you take a photograph in a bikini up against the wrong tree – a religious symbol which is unmarked, but yet supposed to be duly noted as being off-limits - you can kiss your visa status goodbye, fined and deported. There are unwritten local and religious rules, managed through local groups which coordinate with the local government. That’s what this is as well.

Please note, I’m not criticizing this. When you are in another country as a guest, you should not just think you can transpose your culture over the native culture and not suffer repercussions.

That was way back in the early 2000s; they’ve been gone from New York since 2012 and aren now in Chicago. Looking at the history in Wikipedi, it looks as though there was a first-look media tie up with Miramax that didn’t go anywhere.

why can’t all workers be remote?

I’m in development, and post-Covid we still have our remote workers and an empty office building (or four around Europe) that we are bound by lease contracts. Just because someone wants to work at home doesn’t mean the established office costs to the company doesn’t exist. We’re trying to get out of several of those contracts now, but it’s taking years.

In a worldview it is entirely not uncommon. I think you find this quite often in enclave/enclosed communities where the native language is not that of the general populace. Also in more closed religious communities. I’ve seen this first hand in Jewish, Muslim, Hindu, and even Protestant communities.

You’ve not been to parts of New York, have you? This is quite common.

I’m going to use this…everywhere.

So this is the kind of people Netflix gets in bed with…

Depends on who “we” are. WE’RE feeling a bit safer.

Then? He’s geriatric now.

Ah, the miracles of plastic surgery and not moving your expression much.

I live next door (Netherlands) and I’m proud of today’s Germans. They know how to fight back on the extremist Right, unlike my country where they make them Prime Minister.

How would you know when that is?

They hit you with a tracking beam, you deploy glitter, it flies away at the speed of the missle, still being tracked, and then they zap the missle once the glitter is gone.

I know you’re just being facetious, but this shit is real and it’s really out there, and the fact that someone’s taking this seriously is probably the only reason we’re safe.

Only if you can deploy glitter faster than the speed of light…

Can’t we ban them?

Well, I’m not ready to have my world reset, thankyouverymuch.

I’ve been around long enough to know that this ebbs and flows, and to know WHO put these billionaires in power. If you vote Republican, you vote for lies, for double-dealing, and the throwing away of the rule of law. They’ve been enabling this since Reagan, and people buy into it because Fox and other Republican-aligned Anger Engines will commiserate with you and point fingers are who they think is to blame…which is anyone other than Republicans.

We’ve always had the power to stop them, but they keep us disorganized and fighting each other while they skin the cream off the top. Anarchy isn’t an answer - it’s a big nothing burger; no solutions, only more anger.

What fucking scares them? Organizing. Us getting together and not buying their shill. Getting together and unionizing for better wages and work (hi Norway!). Getting together and taking those politicians and anger engines off their stage. Beware any politician or celebrity who acts like one of you but then tries get you to vote against your own best interests. These fuckers need to fear us, and nothing works better than turning those channels off, ignoring their socials and voting those politicians out. You want to get angry? Fuck the influence!

Don’t give up. Giving up is giving in. Fight!

Sit down, Elon - you’re getting yourself in a tizzy.

I think part of the issue is that the fine granularity of Lemmy (or the other place we don’t speak of) doesn’t lend easily to broader topics but instead seems to pull in “only THIS” or “only THAT” binary thinking. Only bikes or only trains or only trams doesn’t help when you need to cross continents.

The nonce, of course.

The illusion is that a 3rd party has a chance. It didn’t when I voted for Anderson instead of Carter, and then Reagan got in. Never made that mistake again.

These kinds of comments only say it’s wrong; they never make a valid contribution to finding a solution.